Canarsie Courier from Brooklyn, New York • 1

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35 A Thursday, "bn Fhitiands Ave. Brooklyn 36, N.Y, Postage Paid at N.Y. 40k tt-m i TtSSifDliil 11236 TEN CENTS vvnat oDservers are i saying with facts and figures to back them up is that "attention must be paid" to providing full-time fast protection against fire damage in this growing area that the present dangerous condition is cured. Space is known to exist in the area where a firehouse could be built without adversely affecting neighborhood values. It is also a known fact that fire officials and members of the Firemen's Union have advocated beefing up the force with additional men.

Under present conditions, time is passing and the serious lack of fire protection increases the likelihood of a conflagration where too! little arrives too late. Budgetary considerations are bound to be cited as the cause of the gaps in fire protection. No one 'rdoubts, either," that where fires occur more frequently should have prompt claim on men and equipment Yet Canarsie deserves fair treatment in the area of protection, just as it does in Sanitation pick-ups and police protection. tional pair of end chimneys. The house still stands on its original site, on land acquired from the Canarsie Indians in 1636 by Wouter Van jTwiller, Director-General of New Neth-erland in the 1630s.

The property was confiscated by the Dutch West India Company in 1652, passed to the ownership of the Duke of. -York when New Nether-land was seized by the English, and was given to the town of Flatlands in 1667. At that time, Pieter Claesen Wyckoff1 lived in it. Wyckoff came from Holland in 1636 and was briefly a superintendent on Peter Stuyvesant's farm some years later.) He became a wealthy man andi a Flat-lands magistrate. The house remained in the possession of the Wyckoff until 1901; it was later acquired by the foundation established by the Wyckoff Association in America.

From 1655, when it became the home of Pieter Claesen Wyckoff, the house was occupied by a Wyckoff until 1901. Mrs. Edith Schwenke, a descendant of the Wyckoff has been living in the house in recent years as a way of "holding the fort" until restoration could be started In the early nineteen-fifties, the house barely escaped demo 'M: I NO GRANDMOTHER in a Mother Hibbard dress and spectacles was ever so lovely as Mrs. Marion De Feo, of Canarsie notwithstanding the fact that all grandmoms are most beautiful to their own kinfolk Mrs. De Feo was proclaimed 1970's Most Beautiful Grandmother at Coney Island contest.

5 nj1 0 A specter is hanging over Canarsie. It's the specter of fire, and loss of life. The reason is all too obvious: the area is frequently left without adequate fire protection. Trucking companies of the Fire Department, apparatus and manpower, are often required to aid other areas, particularly neighborhoods where fire-calls are numerous, such as parts of Brownsville and East New York. This leaves Canarsie virtually unattended.

Should a fire break out locally, trucks and men would have to be dispatched from points more distant to Minutes are then lost. Precious minutes from the standpoint of saving lives and property. In a recent residential fire in Canarsie, the responding firemen arrived from Engine Co. 248, located on Snyder Avenue in Flatbush. In another instance, a phone alarm was given at E.

106th St. and Flatlands Ave. Five vehicles were dispatched. Word was received that the fire was limited to an oven in an apartment. Three fire-fighting vehicles were then 5 Hurt In Crash At Church Linden Five persons, including four pedestrians, were injured in a collision at Linden Boulevard and Church Ave.

on Aug. 22. A car driven by Salah Abdallah, 31, was making a left hand turn from the boulevard into Church Ave. when it was in collision with one driven by Calvin Terry, 35, of 1768 Union St. The Abdallah vehicle mounted a divider, striking four pedestrians waiting to cross.

The car then struck a light pole which fell on a parked car belonging to Mauricio Miz-rahi, of Farmingdale, L.I. Mr. Abdallah, 31, of 450-45th suffered facial and lip injuries. Pedestrians injured were: Diane Ginsberg, 7, of 1050 Wil-lmohr St. (multiple fractures); Sheila Ginsberg, 50, same address (fractured pelvis, injured left leg); Allen Ginsberg, 10, same address (lacerated forehead); Helen Tobias, 56, of 713 Remsen Ave.

(cut hand). All the injured were removed to Brook-dale Hospital. Collision; 3 Hurt Three were injured in a collision at E. 103rd St. and Ave.

on Aug. 19. Injured included: Harvey Levine, 20, of 1041 E. 104th St. and Barnett of 1147 E.

83rd St. Hurt Near Home Scott Seidel, a 7-year old boy who lives at 6521 E. 105th St. was bitten by a dog on Aug. 19.

The accident occured near his home Mi Frsf Dig withdrawn. Had a more serious outbreak of fire oc cured in the Canarsie area, time would have been lost before a full complement of fire-fighting apparatus could have been assembled. The problems of fire-fighting, and the danger of fighting one with inadequate resources are compounded by the growth of population and commercial enterprises in this area. As more and more people come under the need for protection, Canarsie firefighters are nonetheless dis-. patched more and more frequently to other neighborhoods.

"Canarsie is being shortchanged on fire a knowledgeable observer pointed out. It bears pointing out that nothing has happened yet to underscore the gaps in protection. And, of course, no one wants to see such a tragedy -occuri But the; chances of it happening are 'mounting. More firemen and more fire houses is the obvious answer in terms of priority. But the world today is notably lacking in arranging sensible priorities.

Where East Flatbush meets Canarsie's northwest corner stands the oldest building in New York State and one of the oldest frame structures still standing in the country. It's the Pieter Claesen Wyckoff House. Last Wednesday morning, Aug. 19, Mayor Lindsay and other dig-nataries, including Canarsie's Mayor Frank Bottino, braved the heat to pay tribute to the Wyckoff house as a landmark and symbol of time-defying strength. The oldest section of the house, the lower portion lying to the west, was built before 1641 by an unknown architect.

The house is about 100 yards south of Clarendon Road and west of Ralph Ave. A complete restoration will be undertaken. The structure was officially designated as a landmark, the City's first, by the City Landmarks Preservation Commission because of its historical and aesthetic interest. A fence surrounds the house to help keep vandals away. The wooden, one-story farmhouse, an example of the Flemish Medieval Survival, and Dutch Colonial styles of architecture, is typically medieval in its proportions and steeply sloping roof.

The oldest shingles, on the southeast side, are of hand-hewn cedar. The characteristic Dutch door and shutters are paneled and the structure is topped by the tradi 6f In Their Hawrey is expecting. Another daughter, Mariann Cuccio, has a 6-months old youngster. Up until recently, Mrs. De Feo worked as a dental assistant in the neighborhood.

She is currently looking toward other fields and has been approached about a contract. Her background includes work as varied as politics and show business. At times, she danced with a band that was conducted) by her late husband, Ray Dee. Mrs. De Feo's maiden name was Valentino, Her advice to mothers and grandmothers? "Keep dancing ing lines split the three com munities of Mill Basin, Flat-bush, and East Flatbush.

Another undertone of protest concerns the site itself, one of Bklyns busiest from the standpoint of traffic action. South Shore, which has a 4,000 student capacity, will start with about 1,300 boys and girls in the 9th and 10th grades. The limited opening is in keeping with the Board of Education's established policy for new high schools, an official explained. The school will provide academic, vocational, and commercial courses. However, all stu-Continued on page 14 Canarsie's Mrs.

Marion De Feo, 43, took the crownt: 1970's Most Beautiful Grandmother! Slim, brunette, vivacious Mrs. De Feo won the beauty contest at Coney Island on August 19th. She has beenaCanarsienforl7years, amply proving that our local climate and way of life enables one to grow old with grace, charm, and pulchritude aplenty. Neighbors and friends have hastened to congratulate Mrs. De Feo.

And while she's mighty happy about winning, she's no less excited about the advent of her second grandchild, due in three weeks. Daughter Linda beautiful. in a mighty busy part of town. It's new South Shore High School on a 13V2 acre site, at Ralph Ave. between Flatlands Ave.

and Glenwood now being readied for the fall term opening Sept. 14th. Built at a cost of $11,977,850, South Shore is considered Bklyns first comprehensive high school. And one of the most controvert ial. Residents locally have been upset by zoning regulations that will require their children to travel to more distant schools.

Legislators are aware of the frustration felt by dwellers who point out that the present zon It's big. It's lition..